Ahamadinejad calls for removal of Zionist 'black stain'

The western/Zionist media has the headline Ahmadinejad: Israel's existence is 'an insult to all humanity'.

Reading the following article 'from the source' that is not exactly what he is saying.

He is criticising Zionism and the joint policy of the West to protect the Israeli regime. This is not the same as calling for the destruction of Israel as a state.

Ahmadinejad is doubtless not a nice person and does enjoys less than universal support in Iran.

However, it is not Iran that is threatening the world but the US and Israel (with the support of the EU) that is threatening Iran's sovereignty.

As has been pointed out Iran has never invaded any other country in modern history. It has indeed been attacked – by Iraq, with the West aiding and abetting.

In addition, if you paraphrase what Ahmadinejad says then he is largely correct in his assessment.

Quds Day will remove the Zionist black stain: Ahmadinejad

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the International Quds Day is the day of unity among all human beings to remove the Zionist “black stain” from the human society.

Press TV

17 August, 2012

“Today, countering the entity of Zionism and the fabricated Zionist regime safeguards rights of all human beings, defends human dignity and paves the way to save humankind from arrogance, poverty and misery,” Ahmadinejad said in an address at the International Quds Day on Friday.

The world should know that most Western hegemonic and colonial powers maintain a joint commitment to protect the entity of the Israeli regime, he added.

The Iranian chief executive stated that the Israeli regime is a tool to control the Middle East region and the entire world, stressing the regime’s existence is an insult to the mankind.

He added that Western powers are justifying the Israeli regime’s homicide “because they are dependent on them (Zionists).”

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This article more or less says the same as me

Iran’s Words Mistranslated Again by Americans Trying to Start a War

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Zero Hedge,

17 August, 2012

Most Americans confuse zionism and Judaism.

While many assume that zionism simply means allowing the Israeli nation to exist, many zionists in high positions within the Netanyahu and Sharon administrations advocate for very different policies altogether, including the use of offensive wars throughout the  Middle East.  See this, and read the section entitled “Securing the Realm” here.

In reality, many devout Jews are against zionism as being antithetical to traditional Jewish values.  As such, many Jews say that criticizing zionism is not anti-semitism. … and some zionists themselves admit that even non-Jews have the right to criticize Israel.

Zionists can be also be Christian. Indeed, millions of fundamentalist Christians – including many in the American military -  want to start WWIII to speed the “second coming” of Jesus Christ.

As such, the common practice of American politicians and media of interchanging Iran’s words about the “zionist regime” with the word “Israel”  is disingenuous.  

For example, AP reported today:

Israel‘s existence is an “insult to all humanity,” Iran’s president said Friday ….”The existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to all humanity,” Ahmadinejad said.

Criticizing a particular “regime” in Israel is akin to criticizing the “Bush administration” or the “Obama administration”.  For example, saying that Bush should have been impeached is not calling for the American government to be overthrown.

Similarly, the AP story repeated the old canard:

Tensions between Iran and Israel have intensified since 2005, when Ahmadinejad said in a speech that Israel will one day be “wiped off the map.”

In reality:

As a New York Times translation notes, Ahmadinejad wasn’t referring to Israel at all, but to the “regime” – i.e. the current political administration – in Israel.

 

Moreover, it was not Ahmadinejad himself speaking. He was quoting Ayatollah Khomeini, who died in 1989 (and who looked exactly like Sean Connery’s long-lost twin).

People can debate whether zionism is helpful or counter-productive, or which form of zionism is best.  But interchanging zionism and Israel without explanation is misleading.

And anti-semitism is wholly unacceptable, as is prosecution of Christians, Muslims or anyone else for their religion or race.

But whatever Iran’s faults, the fact is that:

• The U.S. overthrew the democratically-elected leader of Iran 60 years ago

• The U.S. has been looking for an excuse to bomb Iran again for many decades

• The U.S. funds terrorist groups within Iran

• Iran protects Jews, and it’s constitution officially recognizes their rights (scroll to bottom; on the other hand, our close ally Saudi Arabia is virulently anti-semitic, and is the main backer of terrorism in the Middle East and abroad)

• The American media is always pro-war, and happily trumpets disinformation about supposed enemies to drum up support for new wars